dataset · United Kingdom

Coastal Physiographic Features - Coastal Lagoons

This shapefile shows the distribution of the Annex I habitat, coastal lagoons around the UK. Coastal lagoons are areas of shallow, coastal salt water, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sandbanks, shingle or, less frequently, rocks. Lagoons show a wide range of geographical and ecological variation; five main sub-types have been identified in the UK, on the basis of their physiography, as meeting the definition of the Annex I habitat type. The five sub-types are: Isolated lagoons, Per

Source details

Licence: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)

Evidence quality: 33.6

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/406484fc-062e-489f-8597-6938c871ef95-CoastalLagoons-WGS84.zip
• https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/75c8b4bc-6cf3-4601-8b3b-6b4fa66a0a8b/coastal-physiographic-features-coastal-lagoons

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